From the White House they stressed that the measure was a “full -fledged success” and that they eliminated “the most dangerous threats for public safety.”
The White House He stressed that in the first six months of president’s management Donald Trump They arrested more than 300,000 undocumented immigrants And they assured that it is a “full -fledged success” because they managed to eliminate “the more dangerous threats to public safety“
These statements came from Karoline Leavittthe spokeswoman for the Republican government, who added: “Despite numerous false reports in the media, almost 70% of these arrests They were criminals with foreign nationality who have previous positions or convictions“
The figures shared by the official were not officially contrasted. In any case, he remarked that the measure “eliminates the most dangerous threats for the public security of US communities and returns these people to their countries of origin.”
From his arrival to the government, Trump He maintained politics anti -immigration As one of the central axes of its management, it reinforced the mandate of agencies such as the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) and promoted the increase in arrests to Fulfill your promise to carry out a historic mass deportation campaign of undocumented.
Illegal crosses fell to historical minimums in June
The government spokeswoman was based on the updated figures of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) office, which were published on Tuesday. According to this report, illegal crosses fell to historical minimums in July: there were 24,628 border meetings nationwide.
“This is the lower monthly number of border patrol arrests throughout the country, overcoming the previous record established in June “indicated the spokeswoman for the White House.
In the southwest limit with Mexico they were made 4,601 arrests in the seventh month of 2025what according to CBP It means 24 % less than the previous historical minimum of June (6,070), and 92 % less than a year ago (56,400).
The new report of the Border patrol He maintains that no releases were counted under probation or ‘parole’, compared to the 12,365 Liberations registered at the US borders -Mexico in July 2024.
For its part, the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noemhe said in a statement: “The excuses are over. The releases are over. We have put the defensive cartels and recover our border.”
Defenders of immigrants and human rights activists denounce abuses and violations of due process in hundreds of arrests and deportation processes to undocumentedthat the administration retains in detention centers such as controversy ‘Aligator Alcatraz’ or Alcatraz Caimán, in the Everglades of Florida.
Source: Ambito
